Blood is offered by relatives and patient’s friendly environment during the hours of donating blood in the G.S.H of Nikaia “Saint Panteleimon”. Contact the hospital with the the above telephone numbers to be informed about the blood donation hours.

The blood donor must declare the patient’s name for whom offers the blood and also, that the patient will be operated at OCSC.

To better serve patients, it is recommended to offer blood in this particular hospital, if the donor is Attica’s resident. Only in special cases, donors can offer blood to other state hospitals in Athens and Piraeus and the region, stating the patient’s name to be operated at the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center.

How many units of blood should be obtained for each patient?

For every patient a blood deposit from four (4) healthy donors is obligatory. In case the required blood units have not been filed for the patient until the day of surgery, the Clinical Hematology/ Blood Transfusion Department may postpone the planned surgery. If the patient is admitted as an emergency incident, the Blood Donation tries to cover it and then the cognate environment is asked to offer the blood units that have been used.

What about the voluntary blood donors?

Patients who are going to be served with a blood deposit from volunteer donors with a registration number, they will be covered by the Blood Bank of GSH “Agios Panteleimon”. The blood donors will turn up there with their card.

Patients who are going to be served with a blood deposit from a Voluntary Blood Donors Association should follow the following procedure:

Step 1. To request the special form (Certificate) from the administration of the OCSC Cardiac Surgery Department.

Step 2 To inform the Head of the Voluntary Blood Donors Association by presenting this certificate in order for the Association Head to contact the Hospital Clinical Hematology/ Blood Transfusion Department, where the Association reserves a Blood Bank. In this way the available blood units will be forwarded to the GSH of Piraeus “Saint Panteleimon”.

Blood is offered by relatives and patient’s friendly environment during the hours of donating blood in the G.S.H of Nikaia “Saint Panteleimon”. Contact the hospital at the above listed telephone numbers to be informed about the blood donation hours.

The blood donor must declare the patient’s name for whom he/she offers the blood and also, that the patient will be operated at OCSC.

How many units of blood should be obtained for each patient?

For every patient a blood deposit from eight (8) healthy donors is obligatory. In case the required blood units have not been filed for the patient until the day of surgery, the OCSC Clinical Hematology – Blood Transfusion may postpone the scheduled surgery. If the patient is admitted as an emergency case, the OCSC Clinical Hematology / Blood Transfusion tries to cover the patient’s needs and then the cognate environment is asked to offer the blood units that have been used.

Blood Platelets Removal

All the patients who are to be operated, must have secured at least one suitable platelets donor 10 days before the surgery. The donors’ turnout at the OCSC Clinical Hematology / Blood Transfusion is from 08:00 to 15:00.

The applicant donors visit first the OCSC Clinical Hematology / Blood Transfusion, where their medical record is taken and an eligibility approval is given. In case of unsuitability, the prospective donor is immediately informed. The appropriateness or not of donors, is defined by the instructions of the Hellenic Society of Hematology Blood Transfusion, as well as from the international and American guidelines regarding who can become a platelet donor.

If the candidate donor is eligible, the donor is informed about the platelets removal process. At that point, he/she goes to the Outpatient Department, where a number of laboratory examinations are performed to further hematologically determine his/her suitability to donate blood for the platelets acquirement. If the donor is rejected, or the virological testing proves to be positive or if he/she is found with low platelet count, anemia or disorder of white blood cells, the prospective donor is informed by telephone.

Suitable donors are notified within eight (8) days from the day of the laboratory examination to come for the platelets removal process.

What about blood donor volunteers?

Patients who are going to be served with a blood deposit from volunteer donors with a registration number, will be covered by the Blood Bank of GSH “Agios Panteleimon”. Blood donors must turn up there with their card.

Patients who are going to be served with a blood deposit from a Volunteer Blood Donors Association should follow the following procedure:

Step 1. To request the special form (Certificate) from the administration of the OCSC Cardiac Surgery Department

Step 2. To inform the Head of the Voluntary Blood Donors Association by presenting this certificate in order for the Association Head to contact the specific Hospital Hematology Department, where the Association reserves a Blood Bank. In this way the available blood units will be forwarded to the GSH of Piraeus “Saint Panteleimon” from that hospital.